UP 8188 heads across Iowa into the setting sun, looking for coal.
The crews are out cleaning the switches as ex-CNW, UP 3042, goes for it's train in front of the depot on this X-mas Eve.
The sunrise creates a nice reflection in the water.
Ex-CNW Safety and Reliability locomotive now UP 9089, blast through the thick fog, created by the plant in the background, at 50 mph.
BNSF 8124 goes through curves just South of De Soto, WI.
UP 5878 storms West towards the setting sun.
CNW use to climb up Knapp Hill along US Highway 12, well before UP was in the picture.
CNW 8701 and UP 1995 are getting ready to leave Altoona yard.
The engineer and conductor look on as ghostly figures before they board their train.
The two steel monsters prepare for battle.
UP 4055 in on Canadian National trackage as it flys under a steep one lane bridge. The one lane bridge is on a dirt road and you can not see uncoming traffic from the approaches on either side.
UP 1995 and CNW 8701 are on their way out of Wisconsin and leaving our cows.
UP 1995 is charging East towards Augusta.
UP 1995 and CNW 8701 get into the throttle as they charge East along US Highway 12.